What remains the main impediment under the 1206 program to delivering equipment when it is needed?
In the decades to come, the most lethal threats to the United States' safety and security are likely to emanate from states that cannot adeq...
Mr. Reid, once a 1206 program has provided equipment or training in response to an emerging threat, when should that security assistance be ...
Improving how the United States builds partner capacity is an essential national security requirement that will endure for the foreseeable f...
the 1206 program was designed to provide a more flexible means to respond to emerging threats
It was an incredible sight to see.
Do you have any concern that this initiative is too much of a militarization of foreign policy?
Despite a significant and concerted international effort which includes various U.S. agencies and the U.S. military, piracy in the northwest...
Mr. Reid, what criteria do you use to determine when a program should graduate out of the section 1206 program?
Mr. Reid, has DOD developed plans for monitoring the outcomes of these projects, as recommended by a 2010 Government Accountability Office s...
I was in Afghanistan in January and had an opportunity to go to the training center there for the ANSF and was quite impressed with the grou...
Mr. Reid, what do you believe is the appropriate role for Military Information Support Teams (MIST) in relation to these activities?
Some observers contend that the national intelligence agencies focus their assistance on SOFs in Afghanistan engaged in direct action.
Dr. Schear, today, the United States has military officers serving within the United Nations (U.N.) peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Liberia,...
So much of that directed against women.
I think we obviously will ask for a closed session, and we'll try to schedule that together.
Increased U.S. contributions would also send a political message both to host nations and U.N. member states.
One criticism of the section 1206 train-and-equip program is that assistance is provided to address emerging threats without sufficient assu...
